Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 19: The Porchers, A Mighty Nation
By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      A family legend tells of a man traveling up the Santee River Road (now Hwy 45) by stage coach before the Civil War. Passing the entrance to Peru Plantation, he asked the Negro driver, "Who lives here?" "Mister Porcher, Suh," replied the driver.
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The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey
Part 4:Good morning! Vietnam
as told by characters Matthew Garrick and Stephen Williams
      The bus toward Ho Chi Minh City was cramped like all the others in Cambodia. A few hours into the drive, we reached the Cambodia/Vietnam border, and despite having an English- speaking guide, we were given absolutely no instructions on what to do at the border.
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